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A detailed summary over the first few chapters of the book "Code of the Suburbs".
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Journal #1 Code of the Suburb Introduction The introduction of the book sets the scene of who, what, where, and maybe why. There are middle-class, suburban drug dealers in the Atlanta, Georgia area. More specifically in the town they call Peachville. 90% of the population was white and well educated, which I thought was extremely high. Although the town seems “orderly and peaceful” as the book says, its crime is hidden well. I think the crimes that are committed are either ignored or not seen as a problem because of the people that make up Peachville. There will be thirty suburban drug dealers that we will hear from throughout the book. I wonder how many of them will be men and how many women. The variety of substances that they sold was marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, meth, LSD, and mushrooms. None sold heroin or crack cocaine. I think they did not sell these two because they are considered more extreme. Chapter 1 The chapter starts off with talking about how someone is cool or lame. If an adolescent seems to have more knowledge about drugs it can make them seem cool even if they do not come from a high status. I thought it was interesting how the dealers described marijuana. It was as if they were speaking another language, using terms like “shwag” and “mid grade dank”. I thought it was interesting when Christian (dealer) said that using weed cost him a lot in high school but he said he got a $75 allowance so it helped in a sense. It shows how privileged he is for getting a $75 allowance per week and spending it on drugs, which was common. Drug dealing was seen as a good option for many, not because of the money they would earn but the drugs they could get for “free” in a sense. Most saw the money they made as just extra or
spending money. The people who were using drugs and then became dealers said that they started consuming much more than they did before. Being a dealer made it easier to use more. The majority explained how being a dealer made them new friends and acquaintances. I think most of these friends were fake because they would only come around when the dealer had more supply to share. I feel like that is obvious but the dealers talk about them in a close way like these friends did not care for the drugs just being their friend. Chapter 2 This chapter talks about the supply and where the dealers would get their drugs. It really made me realize how young these dealers were when Jason said he knew his supplier from T-ball. I thought it was interesting how the author talks about if the kids in the town were homeschooled then there would be less lawbreaking, which is probably true. It was intriguing to hear how the younger dealers under 18 were cool but the mid twenty year olds that dealt were lame. The dealers get their goods from typically one or two people which is easy. The dealers said they did not buy from black people because they did not trust them. Parking lots were very common to deal in. I wonder if they ever got paranoid or just were confident that no one cared.